Sean Bergenheim

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Sean Bergenheim
Bergenheim with the Florida Panthers in 2012
Born (1984-02-08) February 8, 1984 (age 40)
Helsinki, Finland
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Jokerit
New York Islanders
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Tampa Bay Lightning
Florida Panthers
HIFK
Minnesota Wild
SC Bern
Frölunda HC
National team  Finland
NHL Draft 22nd overall, 2002
New York Islanders
Playing career 2001–2018

Sean Bergenheim (born February 8, 1984) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders, Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers and Minnesota Wild.

Playing career[edit]

Bergenheim played in Jokerit of the SM-liiga for three seasons, from 2001 to 2004, winning the Finnish championship in 2002. He was drafted by the New York Islanders as their first pick in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, 22nd overall. In 2003, Bergenheim signed a three-year contract with the Islanders and played 18 games for the Islanders in his debut season, 2003–04. He scored his first NHL goal—a short-handed goal—against the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was transferred back to Jokerit in January 2004, and moved back to the American Hockey League (AHL)'s Bridgeport Sound Tigers in April for the 2004 Calder Cup playoffs and for the subsequent 2004–05 AHL season, during the 2004–05 NHL lockout.

Bergenheim With the New York Islanders

Bergenheim spent most of the 2005–06 season playing in the AHL for the Sound Tigers. His breakout in the AHL finally brought him back to the Islanders, but he was unable to agree to a new contract with the team in the 2006 off-season, after which he signed with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Russian Superleague.

On October 31, 2006, Bergenheim signed a one-year contract with Frölunda HC of the Swedish Elitserien.[1] In Frölunda, he found instant chemistry with forwards Steve Kariya and Martin Plüss to form a very successful line.

On June 18, 2007, Bergenheim signed a one-year contract with the Islanders to return to the NHL.[2] During the 2007–08 season, his first full season in the NHL, on March 4, 2008, he became the 350th different New York Islander skater to register a goal at Madison Square Garden.

Having scoring 10 goals in 78 games with the Islanders in the 2007–08 season, on July 14, 2008, Bergenheim signed a two-year contract extension with the club.[3] With higher expectations for the 2008–09 season, he scored 7 points in the first 16 games before he was felled by injury and illness that caused him to miss 26 games.[4] Returning to health in the second half of the season, Bergenheim had his first multi-goal game with two goals to help the Islanders shut-out the Buffalo Sabres 2–0 on February 28, 2009.[5] His strong form with New York continued, and on March 7, 2009, Bergenheim recorded his first career NHL hat-trick, against the New Jersey Devils.[4] He finished the season with a career-high 15 goals in 59 games.

After the 2009–10 season, on August 17, 2010, Bergenheim left the Islanders and signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning.[6] In his first appearance in the Stanley Cup playoffs, despite having only 14 goals in 80 games during the regular season, Bergenheim finished with 9 goals in 16 games en route to series victories over the Pittsburgh Penguins and a sweep of the Washington Capitals before the Lightning finally fell to the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Boston Bruins, in seven games.[7]

On July 1, 2011, Bergenheim signed a four-year, $11 million contract with the Florida Panthers.[8] In the final year of his contract in the 2014–15 season, Bergenheim was used in rotation in the Panthers' starting lineup. After requesting a trade, on February 24, 2015, he was traded (along with a seventh-round pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft) to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for a third-round draft pick in the same draft.[9]

At the conclusion of his contract, and as an un-signed free agent over the summer, on October 7, 2015, Bergenheim returned to Europe to sign a one-year contract (with the option for two more years) for the 2015–16 season with SC Bern of the Swiss National League A (NLA).[10] In signing with Bern, Bergenheim re-united with former NHL head coach Guy Boucher from his tenure with the Lightning. Under Boucher's successor, Lars Leuenberger, Bergenheim won the 2016 Swiss championship with Bern, but missed parts of the season (including the playoffs) due to a concussion.[11]

As a free agent in the following off-season, on September 20, 2016, Bergenheim returned to North America to participate in the Anaheim Ducks' training camp on a professional try-out contract.[12] Upon his release from the Ducks' roster, he returned to Europe, signing with Swedish powerhouse Frölunda HC on November 4, 2016, where he had played during the 2006–07 campaign. [13]

In February 2018, Bergenheim announced his retirement from professional hockey.[14]

International play[edit]


Medal record
Representing  Finland
Ice hockey
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Moscow
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Quebec City
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Riga
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Helsinki
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Halifax
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Pardubice
IIHF U18 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Helsinki

Bergenheim has represented Finland in the World U18 Championships as well as the World Junior Championships, winning one and three bronze medals, respectively.

Career statistics[edit]

Regular season and playoffs[edit]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2000–01 Jokerit FIN U18 1 1 0 1 4 6 9 5 14 8
2000–01 Jokerit FIN U20 18 6 4 10 26 2 0 0 0 4
2001–02 Jokerit FIN U20 23 11 19 30 36 1 0 0 0 2
2001–02 Jokerit FIN U18 — — — — — 5 6 2 8 18
2001–02 Jokerit SM-l 28 2 2 4 4 — — — — —
2001–02 Kiekko–Vantaa FIN.2 4 0 0 0 52 — — — — —
2002–03 Jokerit FIN U20 2 3 0 3 2 — — — — —
2002–03 Jokerit SM-l 38 3 3 6 4 2 0 0 0 0
2003–04 New York Islanders NHL 18 1 1 2 4 — — — — —
2003–04 Jokerit SM-l 20 2 2 4 18 3 1 1 2 0
2003–04 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL — — — — — 7 2 3 5 10
2004–05 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 61 15 14 29 69 — — — — —
2005–06 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 55 25 22 47 112 — — — — —
2005–06 New York Islanders NHL 28 4 5 9 20 — — — — —
2006–07 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl RSL 9 1 4 5 26 — — — — —
2006–07 Frölunda HC SEL 36 16 17 33 80 — — — — —
2007–08 New York Islanders NHL 78 10 12 22 62 — — — — —
2008–09 New York Islanders NHL 59 15 9 24 64 — — — — —
2009–10 New York Islanders NHL 63 10 13 23 45 — — — — —
2010–11 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 80 14 15 29 56 16 9 2 11 8
2011–12 Florida Panthers NHL 62 17 6 23 48 7 3 3 6 4
2012–13 HIFK SM-l 2 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
2013–14 Florida Panthers NHL 62 16 13 29 40 — — — — —
2014–15 Florida Panthers NHL 39 8 10 18 34 — — — — —
2014–15 Minnesota Wild NHL 17 1 0 1 6 3 0 0 0 0
2015–16 SC Bern NLA 21 5 8 13 49 — — — — —
2016–17 Frölunda HC SHL 32 5 9 14 39 11 1 2 3 14
2017–18 Frölunda HC SHL 4 1 2 3 4 — — — — —
NHL totals 506 96 84 180 379 26 12 5 17 12

International[edit]

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2001 Finland WJC18 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 3 1 4 8
2002 Finland WJC18 4th 8 8 4 12 6
2002 Finland WJC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 0 1 1 4
2003 Finland WJC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 2 4 6 6
2004 Finland WJC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 1 3 4 2
2006 Finland WC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 2 1 3 4
2007 Finland WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9 1 2 3 31
2008 Finland WC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 0 0 0 2
Junior totals 35 14 13 27 26
Senior totals 22 3 3 6 37

Awards and honours[edit]

Award Year
AHL
All-Star Game 2005
CHL
Champions (Frölunda HC) 2017 [15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Peter Gyllander (2006). "Finske landslagsmannen Sean Bergenheim klar för Frölunda Indians" (in Swedish). Frölunda Indians. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved 2006-10-31.
  2. ^ "Bergie's back!!!". New York Islanders. 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  3. ^ "Bergenheim locked in for two years". New York Islanders. 2008-07-14. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  4. ^ a b "Bergenheim builds momentum". New York Islanders. 2009-03-07. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  5. ^ "Sabres close to dropping out of playoff spot after shutout loss to Isles". CBS Sports. 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  6. ^ "Lightning sign free agent Bergenheim to one-year deal". The Sports Network. 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  7. ^ "Sean Bergenheim Stats and News".
  8. ^ "NHL Free Agent Tracker". The Sports Network. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  9. ^ "Wild get Bergenheim from Panthers". The Sports Network. 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
  10. ^ "Sean Bergenheim for SCB". SC Bern (in German). 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
  11. ^ boe (2016-04-12). "SCB 2015/16: Knatsch, Pech, Krisen – und jetzt Meister". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). Retrieved 2016-05-29.
  12. ^ "Ducks bring in three on PTO's". Twitter. 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  13. ^ "Sean vänder "hem"". Frölunda Indians. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  14. ^ "BESKEDET: Sean Bergenheim avslutar karriären – berättar i öppet brev: "Jättejobbigt"". February 2018.
  15. ^ Gustav Orbring (2017-02-07). "Frölunda win CHL for second year running" (in Swedish). SVTSport.se. Retrieved 2017-02-07.

External links[edit]

Awards and achievements
Preceded by New York Islanders first round pick
2002 		Succeeded by
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